Micromagnetic Problem File Source: FileSource

Overview
The application FileSource provides the same service as
mmProbEd, supplying a
MIF description of a micromagnetic problem to a solver.
As the MIF specification evolves, mmProbEd may lag behind.
There may be new fields in the MIF specification that mmProbEd
is not capable of editing, or which mmProbEd may not pass on to
solvers after loading them in from a file. To make use of such fields,
a MIF file may need to be edited ``by hand'' using a general purpose
text editor. FileSource may then be used to supply the MIF problem description contained in a file to a solver without danger of
corrupting its contents.

LaunchingFileSource must be launched from the command line. You may specify
on the command line the MIF problem description file it should serve
to client applications. The command line is

tclsh oommf.tcl FileSource [standard options] [filename]

Although FileSource does not appear on the list of
Programs that mmLaunch offers to launch, running copies do
appear on the list of Threads since they do provide a service
registered with the account service directory.

InputsFileSource takes its MIF problem description from the file named
on the command line, or from a file selected through the
File|Open dialog box. No checking of the file contents
against the MIF specification is performed. The file contents are
passed uncritically to any client application requesting a problem
description. Those client applications should raise errors when
presented with invalid problem descriptions.

Outputs
Each instance of FileSource provides the contents of exactly one
file at a time. The file name is displayed in the FileSource
window to help the user associate each instance of FileSource with
the data file it provides. Each instance of FileSource accepts
and services requests from client applications (typically solvers) for
the contents of the file it exports.

The contents of the file are read at the time of the client request, so
if the contents of a file change between the time of the
FileSource file selection and the arrival of a request from a
client, the new contents will be served to the client application.

Controls
The menu selection File|Exit terminates the
FileSource application. The Help menu provides
the usual help facilities.